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Castillo allowed two runs on five hits and three walks over 6.2 innings during Tuesday's extra-inning loss to the Mets. He struck out seven but did not factor in the decision.

Castillo was unable to finish the seventh inning, but nonetheless delivered yet another strong outing Tuesday. The 26-year-old has yet to allowed more than two runs in a start and has a 1.45 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 50:17 K:BB through 43.1 innings. Castillo lines up to start next Sunday versus the Giants.

Alcantara (1-3) allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits and three walks across 5.1 innings to take the loss Tuesday against the Indians.

Alcantara wasn't helped by his defense but also made mistakes of his own, with all four of his earned runs coming as a result of homers. He also continued to struggle with his command and has just a 22:15 K:BB across 33.1 innings for the campaign. As a result, he has now allowed at least four earned runs in three of his past four outings. Alcantara lines up for a pair of road starts next week (at CHC, at NYM).

Paddack (2-1) picked up the win against the Braves on Tuesday, giving up two earned runs on four hits over six innings, striking out five and walking one as the Padres won 4-3.

The rookie continues to look like an ace in the early going, as his latest sharp outing moves his ERA to 1.93 and his WHIP to 0.70 through 33 innings. Perhaps most impressively, he's holding opponents to a minuscule .126 batting average, with only 14 hits allowed over his six starts. Paddack is scheduled to take the mound next on the road against the Dodgers on Sunday.

Marquez (3-2) took the loss against the Brewers on Tuesday, yielding four earned runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking none in Colorado's 4-3 defeat.

Marquez pitched well, setting down the first 15 batters he faced and inducing 11 groundball outs, but he was tagged for a three-run long ball from Jesus Aguilar in the seventh inning that accounted for three of the four runs against him. The right-hander is still enjoying a strong start to the season, as he's now sporting a 2.93 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 43:10 K:BB through 46 innings.

Cueto (elbow) completed a 25-pitch bullpen session Tuesday, Amy Gutierrez of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Cueto resumed throwing in February but Tuesday marked his first bullpen session since undergoing Tommy John surgery last August. The 33-year-old still has significant work to do in his rehab and has an outside chance to return in the latter stages of this season.

Sanchez will make his season debut Thursday for High-A Jupiter, not at Double-A Jacksonville as previously reported, Andre Fernandez of The Athletic reports.

Sanchez has been spending time at extended spring training while waiting to debut as the Marlins look to manage his workload following an injury-plagued 2018 campaign. It's not clear why he'll head to a different level than initially reported, though he does only have 13 starts under his belt at High-A, and the Marlins are in no hurry to get him to the big leagues.

Peralta (shoulder) will return from the injured list to start Thursday against the Rockies, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

Peralta will wind up missing two-and-a-half weeks with a shoulder issue. The 22-year-old had mixed results over his first four starts of the season, with one start lasting eight scoreless innings and the other three each lasting no more than 3.1 frames.

Manager Bud Black said that Anderson would start Friday at home against the Diamondbacks but hinted that the left-hander's rotation spot may be on shaky ground, MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM reports. "We're aware, [Anderson is] aware we're going to try and run out our best five guys, every chance we can," Black said.

Anderson posted a season-high nine strikeouts in his last turn in Atlanta over the weekend, but he failed to escape the fifth inning for the third start in a row. Even when he maxed out at five innings in his first outing of the season March 30, Anderson still ceded five runs to a lowly Marlins offense, so he hasn't given the Rockies or fantasy players much reason to have faith in him. Don't expect dramatically better results when Anderson returns to action at Coors Field this weekend, with another bad outing potentially putting him at risk of a demotion to the bullpen or even Triple-A Albuquerque.

Lauer is expected to make his next start Friday against the Dodgers in San Diego, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com reports.

Lauer was listed as the Padres' probable starter for Thursday's series finale in Atlanta, but he now projects to lead off a six-game homestand with San Diego planning to add a temporary sixth starter to the mix in Triple-A El Paso hurler Cal Quantrill, who will take the hill Wednesday. The move back a day in the pitching schedule should prove beneficial to Lauer, who owns a career 3.86 ERA at Petco Park compared to a 4.89 mark in road venues.

The Padres plan to select Quantrill's contract from Triple-A El Paso and hand him a start Wednesday against the Braves, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com reports.

The addition of Quantrill temporarily gives the Padres a six-man rotation, an arrangement the organization likely always planned to implement at some point to provide an added day off between starts for Chris Paddack and Matt Strahm, who are both facing undisclosed innings limits this season. Since surrendering eight runs in his season debut for El Paso, Quantrill has pitched to a 2.86 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 22:8 K:BB in 22 innings over his subsequent four starts. The 24-year-old right-hander isn't regarded as a premium prospect and will probably have to keep the momentum he's built at Triple-A going in his initial MLB outing in order to ensure he sticks with the big club beyond Wednesday.